Newsgroup Creation

Usenet, or Netnews, is a world-wide distributed discussion system. Sites in this category explain how to create new Usenet newsgroups, or discussion fora.

Creating an ALT newsgroup A detailed guide to creating alt newsgroups. What to do and, more importantly, what not to do when creating a group.

Free.uk.* newsgroups In the free.* hierarchy, anyone can set up a new group. Here are simple instructions how to create a new newsgroup in the free.uk.* hierarchy and a list of newsservers which carry the free.uk.* groups.

How to Create a New Alt Newsgroup A very detailed set of step-by-step instructions on how to create an alt.* group. Related links concerning group creation guidelines in other hierarchies and FAQs about moderated groups.

So You Want to Create an Alt Newsgroup Guide to creating Usenet groups in the alt.* hierarchy. Creating a successful alt newsgroup depends only on convincing news administrators to carry the newsgroup. Written by David Barr.